Pajamas.



H. J. PAGE. IAJAMAS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1913.

1,093,724. Patented Apr. 21, 191i Fig, 5.

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HATTIE JANE PAGE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 5, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914. Serial No. mama To all whom; it may concern Be it known that I, HATTIE JANE PAGE,.21- citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pajamas, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pajamas, and its objects are, first, to provide pajama pantaloons that may be secured around the person without the use of buttons. Second, to provide pajama pantaloons that may be opened in front without the necessity of disconnecting the securing elements. Third, to provide pajama pantaloons with which the securing elements may be readily connected or disconnected, and fourth, to provide pajama pantaloons with which the waistband may be readily made to fit various sizes of waists with equal facility. I attain these objects by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of pajama pantaloons with my improvement attached and the front of the pantaloons closed. Fig. 2 is the same with the front of the pantaloons open, and, Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan of the insert that forms the overlapping part of the front of the pantaloons.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the legs and hips of the pantaloons.

B represents the outer insert and overlapping element of my improvement and C represents the inner insert or underlapping element, both of which are carried downward beyond, or below the parting of the crotch and are stitched in the seam of the legs for the purpose, first, of increasing the size of the leg opening at the top, and, second, strengthening this portion of the legs and removing all strain therefrom so that the pantaloons will not only be perfectly comfortable upon the wearer, but it will be impossible to rip or tear them. This feature is well illustrated at a a in Figs. 1 and 2, and the form of the insert at the lower end, is well illustrated at a in Fig. 3. These pantaloons are out in such a form from A to the waistband that they will properly fit the hips of the wearer without the necessity of plaiting or tucking the upper ends of the legs to the waistband G. The inserts B and C are stitched to the legs A, practically as indicated at Z) Z) and to support the upper ends of these inserts I pass a cord or tape, as E E through a properly prepared receptacle at the waistband as follows: We will suppose that the tape E forms a part of the bow knot D, at the left hand side of the pantaloons, passes along to the right through the upper edge of the insert G and on around the waistband G to the point e where it is stitched to place so it cannot be drawn out of its receptacle or loop at the waistband, thence it passes around through the upper edge of the insert B and on to the bow knot D of which it forms a part, as indicated at E E. In Fig. 2 the inserts B and C are represented as drawn back upon their respective ends of the cord or tape E E so that the person wearing it may readily reach the portlon or part of the body that is normally covered by these inserts. It will be readily understood that with this construction the inserts B and C may be readily manipulated, as desired, after the pantaloons have been properly secured upon the person. To complete the securing element, that is, the knots D D, I stitch a short string, cord or tape, as F, to each side of the garment; the one on the right hand side of the garment being stitched to the outer surface of the waistband, and the one on the left hand side being stitched to the inner surface of the waistband. The object of stitching the cord fast at e is to avert the danger of the ends of the cord or tape being accidentally drawn out of the upper edges of the inserts B and C. With this form of securing these pantaloons upon the person of the wearer it is a simple matter to adjust the waistband to the size of the person without changing the position or action of the inserts B and 0, though there be considerable variance in the size desired.

When cutting the inserts B or C theline b in Fig. 8, is cut straight with the warp or woof of the cloth and the line b is cut diagonal of the warp and woof, so that there will be sufficient yield at the line of stitching to give free action to the insert whether open or closed. The line b of the insert B is stitched about two inches back from the point of the angle formed by the lines tb so as to strengthen the garment at this point.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In combination with pajama pantaloons, a gathering cord passed longitudinally through the waistband and secured against being drawn out, two V shaped inserts in the front arranged to have the gathering cord pass through them so that they may be made to lap by each other to close the front of the pantaloons, and a short cord secured to the right and to the left of the center of the waistband to unite with the ends of the gathering cord to tie each flap independent of the other for securing the pantaloons upon the person.

2. In combination with pajama pantaloons, a gathering cord through the waistband, V shaped inserts on the fronts of the pantaloons with the upper edges slidingly connected with the gathering cord and the lower ends arranged to extend well down into the inner seams of the legs of the pantaloons and means for securing the free ends of the gathering cords to tie each flap independent of the other, substantially as shown.

3. In combination with the Waist and legs of a pajama pantaloons, a gathering cord passed through the waistband longitudinally and the ends extending considerably beyond the center line of the front of the pantaloons, short cords secured to the waistbands some ways to the right and to the left of the front center line of the pantaloons the front of the pantaloons having a vertical opening from the waistband to the crotch, inserts connected at'the crotch with the upper ends threaded on the gathering cord in such a manner that they may be lapped by each other for closing the front of the pantaloons, or drawn back on the cords to open the front of the pantaloons, and means for securing the ends of the cords to tie each flap independent of the other to secure the pantaloons upon the person of the wearer, substantially as shown and described.

Signed at Grand Rapids l\lichigan May 1, 1913.

HATTIE J ANE PAGE.

In presence of- L. A. PAGE, I. J. CiLLnY.

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i Washington, D. G. 

